on the next election

one of my canadian friends posted an article about police being america's terrorists and said that they bet current issues like police abuse of power won't be talked about in the election. my response was one that i felt needed to be saved for posterity as i've been trying to figure out how to put my finger on what's-his-idiotic-face's "taking back america" slogan:

of course it won't be. it's going to be another "us vs. them", fear based election centered around things like healthcare. there's not really a big-ticket item emerging just yet, but i think that that one idiot is running on the "i think that it is 1864 and am running on the ass-backwards, nee confederate, ticket" platform.

happy riot

the people have spoken: congrats to barack obama on becoming the president elect!

i was a little disappointed when everything was over by 8pm pst. it just felt like it was far too fast an ending to such a long and drawn out presidential race - and i'm talking from the first candidate announcing their intent to the dnc and rnc and to tonight. but then...then there was the happy riot. or riots. they're happening all over the country. i didn't know that there was one a block from me until all the helicopters showed up and didn't go away. then i just had to go out and take pictures. so i did. and it was fun. and there were TONS of people. and spontaneous chants. the star spangled banner was sung. flags and posters and stickers. sparklers. fireworks. confetti. the smell of weed. cops. old. young. gay. straight. men. women. transvestites. homeless. entitled. yes we can! beer. champagne. oh say can you see. christian. jew. shiite. punk. princess. palin. riot. happy. joy. music. neighbors. friends. community. patriotism. country. unity. history.